Towel bar



Nov. 20, 1928. 1,692,059 V. E. STARNER TOWEL BAR Filed Oct. 1926 IZ/VI/E/I/TO/Q) Patented Nov. 20, 19 28.

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TOWEL BAR.

Application filed October 5, 1926. Serial No. 180,594.

My invention relates to a towel'rail and has.

' for its principal objectthe provision of a relatively simple andpractical rail that may serve as a hanger and support for towels,

wash cloths, and the like, and which rail is constructed'so that thetowels or wash cloths may be positioned upon or removed from the rail bya relative endwise movement and which provision greatly facilitates thehandling of the towels or wash cloths and minimizes the liability of thetowels and wash cloths from dropping oil the rail or bar while placed inposition thereon or removed therefrom.

eral use are connected at both endsto supporting brackets or to the walland such arrange ment makes it necessary to place the towels and washcloths on the rail or bar by a vertical 2e movement and where two ormore towels or wash cloths are arranged on a rail having both endssecured to the wall or brackets and one towel or wash cloth is removed,it very frequently happens that the adjacent towel or Wash cloth will beaccidentally withdrawn from the supporting rail withthe result that theaccidentally withdrawn towel or wash cloth will drop onto the floor orinto the bath tub or washbowl over which the towel-supporting bar ispositioned.

ll propose to overcome the objectionable results just noted by providinga towel-supporting rail or bar that is secured to the wall orsupv portat one end only, or, in the event of a double bar, at its center, andwhich arrangement enables the towels and wash cloths to be positionedupon and removed from the bar by a relative endwise movement.

A further object of my invention is to provide a towel bar having anadjustable base .portion that is constructed so that it may be veryfirmly anchored to the wall structure, thus imparting to the fixturestrength and of the fixture unless the entire wall structure manufactureand which, when properly con- The types of towel bars or rails now ingenstability and efiectually preventing removal structcd, presents aneat and finished appearance.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my Invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts thatwill hereinafter be more fully de-' scribed and claimed and illustratedin the ac company ng drawing, in which' Fig. 1 1s a perspective view ofa towel-supportmgbar embodying the principles of my 00' invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the base portion of thetowel bar and showin the means for attaching said bar to the w'astructure.

Fig. 3 is a PBISPQCtlVGIVlGW of a fixture embodying the principles of myinvention and which is of the duplex or double bar type.

Fig. 4.- is a plan view showin a pair of the towel bars or railspositioned a ja cent to each other with their ends spaced apart topermit the insertion or removal of towels and wash cloths.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of a pair of the bars or rails arranged with thebase plates or brackets ad acent to each other and the bars or railsprojecting in opposite directions.

Re ierring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, and particularly tothe construction illustrated in Fi s. 1 and 2, 10 designates a baseplate, prefera ly formed of metal of any desired size and shape andformed integral with and projecting forwardly from one end of this baseplate is a short horizontally disposed curved arm or bracket ll-withwhich 35 is formed integral a horizontally disposed rail or bar 12, thelatter being of any desired length and either square, round, orpolygonal in cross section. This bar may be either solid or tubular andits free end is provided with an enlarged head or knob 13 that may beformed integral with the bar or separately formed and attached theretoin any suitable manner.

To firmly anchor the rail or bar to a wall, the base late 10 is providedwith a pair of rearwar y projecting studs 14, the rear portions of whichare threaded and said rear portions extend through apertures that areformed in a plate or bar 15, the latterbeing secured in any suitablemanner, preferably by neans of screws 16, to the wall studs S or to aWall member that is arranged between the Minds. j 7

Nuts 17 mounted on the threaded portions of the studs 14 engage plate15, thereby adjustably and rigidly connecting the base plate 10 toanchor plate 15 and the space between said base plate and anchor plateaccommodates the wall finishingmaterial such as metal lath, plaster,tiling and the like.

By adjustably mounting the studs in plate 15, the fixture can be readilyadjusted for the accommodation of tile or wall finishing members ofdifferent thicknessesand the anchoring of the fixture to the embeddedbase plate 15 imparts strengthand stability to the fixture andeffectually prevents its removal unless the'entirewall structure isbroken away.

In the duplex form of towel supporting bar illustrated in Fig. 3, 18designates a base plate that may be anchored to the wall in any suitablemanner and projecting forwardly from the center ofsaid base plate is ashort shank 19. Formed integral with and projecting in o positedirections from the forward end of this shank 19 are aligned bars orrails 20, the outer ends of which are provided with knobs or heads 21.These knobs may be formed integral with the rails or they nay beseparately formed and secured to the [ails in any suitable manner. Rails20 may be of any desired and convenient length and the .may be ofuniform diameter throughout their lengths or they may taper, towardtheir outer ends as illustrated.

I. prefer to form the base plate 18, shank '19, and rails 20 from asingle piece of metal, preferably by casting. The shank 19 that ro jectsforwardly from base plate 18 should be about three orfour inches inlength and thus the rails or bars are positioned a correspondingdistance in front of the wall to which the base plate 10 is attached.The rails 20 afford convenient hangers for towels, wash cloths, and thelike, and, as the outer ends of said rails are spaced apart from thewall, the towels and wash cloths may be readily appliedto or removed.from the rails by endwise movement relative thereto.

The form of rail" or bar illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 may be used singlyor in pairs as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, and as the free end of thebar is spaced apart from the wall to which the base plate on the otherend of the bar is attached, the towels or wash cloths may be positionedupon or removed from the bar by a relative ndwise movement, rather thanby a vertical movement where both ends of the rail or bar are connectedto the wall or brackets. 3

Thus it will be seen that I have provide a towel supporting bar or railthat is relatively simple in structure, having great strength andstability, readily adjustable so as to accommodatedifferent thicknessesof wall finish and tiling, said hearing or rail being constructed so asto be very firmly anchored to the wall structure and consequentlypreventing ready removal and which towel supporting bar or rail presentsa "neat and finished appearance and is very effective in performingitsintended functions. It will be understood that minor changes 1n thesize, form and construction of the vari- -ous parts of my improvedtowel-supportingbar or rail may be made and substituted for those hereinshown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention,

the scope of which is set forth in the append ed claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with an anchor plateto the anchor plate, a short armormed inte-.

gral with and projecting forwardly from said plate, a horizontallydisposed rail formed integral with and projecting laterally from saidshort arm, said rail being spaced apart from and lies parallel with theface of the wall structure, and the free end of said rail being spacedapart from-the wall structure in order toprovide an opening throughwhich articles ma be moved'length- Wise of the rail when positionedthereon,'or removed therefrom.

2. A towel supporting fixture comprising an anchor plate adapted to beembedded in a wall structure, means for rigidly fixing said anchor-plateto parts of the wall structure, a plate adapted to occupy a position onthe face of the wall structure in which the anchor plate is embedded,threaded studs formed integral with and projecting rearwardly from saidplate through the anchor plate,

nuts located on said threaded studs for.

clamping the same to said anchor plate,= ;a

rail formed integral .with and projecting.

laterally from said plate, said rail occupying a horizontal position infront of and parallel with the wall structure, and the free end of saidrail being spaced'apart fromthe wall structure to permit objects to bepositioned upon or removed from said rail by a relative longitudinalmovement.

3'. A towel supporting an anchor plate that is adapted to be embedgdedina wall structure, means for rigidly fixing said anchor plate to parts ofthe wall structure, a base plate adapted to be positioned on the face ofthe wall'structure in which the anchor plate is embedded, threaded studsprojecting rearwardly, from said fixture comprising base plate throughthe anchor plate, nuts on wall structure, and the free end of said railsaid threaded studs for clamping the same being spaced apart from thewall structure to aid an hor l t a hort arm j ti g to permit objectstobe positioned upon or 10 forwardly from said base plate, ahorizonremoved from said rail by a relative longitu- 5 tally disposedrail projecting laterally from dinal movement.

said short arm, said rail occupying a horizon- In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature. tal position in front of and parallel with theVICTOR E. STARNER.

